Division I wrestling champion Cole Konrad and British slugger Neil Grove each punched their tickets to the bracket’s final bouts with main card wins at Thursday’s Bellator 29 event.

The Bellator 29 fight card took place at the Rave-Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisc. The event aired on FOX Sports Net.

Konrad made his way to the finals in predictable fashion. “The Polar Bear” simply mauled the previously undefeated “Polish Pitbull,” Damian Grabowski, for their three-round affair. Konrad took the fight to the mat early and often, and Grabowski was unable to secure any of the near-miraculous sweeps he hit often in his quarterfinal matchup with Scott Barrett. Instead, he remained mired on the bottom for most of the affair.

There were a few exciting moments in the contest. Konrad tried to secure a kimura in the second, albeit from a half-mount position. And Grabowski did have a shining moment in the third with an early takedown, but that position was quickly reversed, securing the result.

In the end, Konrad was granted a one-sided decision with scores of 30-26, 30-27 and 30-27.

Meanwhile, Neil Grove apparently doesn’t get paid by the hour. After dispatching of Eddie Sanchez in just 92 seconds in the opening round of Bellator’s first-ever heavyweight tournament, “Goliath” cut that time in half in his semifinal affair. Grove needed just 45 seconds to punch his tickets to the finals with a first-round stoppage of Russian import Alexey Oleinik.

After a few powerful low kicks, Grove delivered a leg to his opponent’s midsection that saw Oleinik to the floor. From there, Grove went all in with a rapid-fire flurry of punches to the dome.

Olenik tried to survive underneath as he worked to his knees and pushed in for the takedown. But he showed little chance for recovery and the contest was halted in under a minute.

Grove (10-2-1 MMA, 2-0 BFC) is now unbeaten in his past four fights. Meanwhile, despite an impressive career record, Oleinik (28-6-1 MMA, 1-1 BFC) is just 1-2 in his past three outings.

Konrad and Grove will meet in the tournament finals in October.

In the evening’s broadcast-opening contest, Brett Cooper made an impact in his middleweight debut. Unfortunately for opponent Matt Major that impact was felt most prominently on his chin.

Cooper and Major engaged in a standup heavy opening round that saw the evenly matched opponents strike largely with single blows. Without any sustained combinations, neither competitor really gained control. That changed in the second.

Cooper shot in for a successful takedown, and after setting up in half-mount immediately launched into a punching attack. While the first few blows appeared rather harmless, they continued to gain in power and accuracy, and Major’s head began to bob up and down from the impact. The stoppage came quickly at the 87 second mark of the second round.

For Cooper (12-6 MMA, 1-1 BFC), the win was his first under the Bellator banner. Meanwhile, Major (6-3 MMA, 0-2 BFC) remains winless in the promotion after losing two-straight fights for the first time in his young career.

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